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Jul 29, 2008 - Co-op Launches $100,000 Food Bank Challenge

MANCHESTER, NH - New Hampshire Electric Co-op (NHEC) is challenging its members to fill the shelves of the New Hampshire Food Bank in time for the holidays.

From now until October 31, every donation made to the NHEC Food Bank Challenge will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000 by the New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization founded by NH Electric Co-op. Once that goal is reached, NH Electric Co-op has also committed to match the next $25,000 in contributions. All of the money raised by the co-op Food Bank Challenge will purchase food to be distributed to pantries and facilities within Co-op service territory. The goal of the entire campaign is $100,000.

The combination of record low inventories and record high gas prices has Food Bank officials scrambling to meet the needs of the over 90,000 men, women and children it feeds each year. The Food Bank is the only center of food collection and distribution in the state, distributing over four million pounds of donated and purchased food to 352 member agencies around the state each year.

“Imagine having to choose between a tank of gas or food for dinner,” said NHEC President/CEO Fred Anderson. “That’s the choice facing a growing number of New Hampshire residents, as well as the Food Bank itself. In these times, it’s up to the community to support the organizations that support us.”

In order to track and match donations, NHEC is asking members and the public to make their tax-deductible donation payable to the NHEC Foundation, which is acting as a conduit to the Food Bank.

Checks should be made payable to: NHEC Foundation

and sent to: NHEC headquarters, 579 Tenney Mountain Highway, Plymouth, NH 03264. Be sure to write “Food Bank Challenge” on the check memo line.

Co-op members should also look for the convenient donation coupon in the newsletter that arrives with their August bills. All of the money raised by the Co-op Food Bank Challenge will purchase food to be distributed to pantries and facilities within Co-op service territory.

As Food Bank Executive Director Melanie Gosselin points out, she and her staff can stretch the value of every donation. Forty dollars will cover the cost of transporting 500 pounds of fresh produce to member agencies, she said. Ninety dollars would transport 714 pounds to a distant part of the state, while $100 would cover the transportation costs of receiving 1,428 pounds of donated food from local donors.

“The cost of bringing food to the warehouse and delivering food to statewide agencies is putting us at risk and forcing us to think out-of-the-box,” Gosselin said. “We are struggling to get food for all those that can’t afford it, so we are working on creative solutions to the root causes of hunger.”

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